Code Shrinking

[erickejah]

Is there a way to make this code to execute faster?
It is gathering information okay but the cycle time is around 0.56 sec. Is not fast enough for my school project since I want to do some movement recognition with labview(r).
any help is really appreciated. thanks http://forums.parallax.com/images/smilies/smile.gif


' ================================================== =======================
'
' File....... Axial and Reference Voltage
' Purpose.... Hitachi H48C 3-Axis Accelerometer (x6) Information gathering for LabVIEW
' Author..... Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Hot-n-Ready, Inc.
' E-mail..... Erick.Andino@gmail.com
' Started.... 02/17/10
'
' {$STAMP BS2}
' {$PBASIC 2.5}
'
' ================================================== =======================


' -----[ Program Description ]---------------------------------------------
'
' This program communicates with the accelerometer to gather information.
'
' -----[ I/O Definitions ]-------------------------------------------------

Dio PIN 15 ' data to/from module
Clk PIN 14 ' clock output

' -----[ Constants ]-------------------------------------------------------

XAxis CON 0 ' adc channels
YAxis CON 1
ZAxis CON 2
VRef CON 3

' -----[ Variables ]-------------------------------------------------------

ax VAR Nib ' axis selection
rvCount VAR Word ' ref voltage adc counts
axCount VAR Word ' axis voltage adc counts
cs VAR Word
' -----[ Initialization ]--------------------------------------------------

DEBUG "con 00:0C:84:00:05:29",CR 'COM adress
'WAIT 5000 'Wait so the BlueTooth handshakes with PC

' -----[ Program Code ]----------------------------------------------------

Main:

DEBUG "S" 'Start character
FOR cs = 8 TO 13
FOR ax = XAxis TO ZAxis ' loop through each axis
'Reset:
HIGH cs ' deselect module
'Get_H48C ' read vRef & axis counts
LOW cs
SHIFTOUT Dio, Clk, MSBFIRST, [%11\2, VRef\3] ' select vref register
SHIFTIN Dio, Clk, MSBPOST, [rvCount\13] ' read ref voltage counts
HIGH cs
'PAUSE 1
LOW cs
SHIFTOUT Dio, Clk, MSBFIRST, [%11\2, ax\3] ' select axis
SHIFTIN Dio, Clk, MSBPOST, [axCount\13] ' read axis voltage counts
HIGH cs
'------------

IF (ax = 0) THEN 'DEBUG axis
DEBUG "x"
ELSEIF (ax = 1) THEN
DEBUG "y"
ELSEIF (ax = 2) THEN
DEBUG "z"
ENDIF
'------------
DEBUG "r", DEC5 rvCount 'DEBUG vRef count
DEBUG "a", DEC5 axCount 'DEBUG vAxial count
NEXT
NEXT

GOTO Main

[Spiral_72]

560ms??? Really? Are you sure it's the code? It has to be waiting on communications, because the way I see it..... it should just fly through there in the blink of an eye.

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"puff"...... crap, there went another one.

[Mike Green]

I also think you've got your times wrong. The most time consuming statements are the DEBUG statements which take about 1ms per character. The SHIFTIN and SHIFTOUT statements take about 1ms each. The other statements take about 250us each or less. See www.emesystems.com/BS2speed.htm (http://www.emesystems.com/BS2speed.htm) for a discussion of Stamp execution timing.

[allanlane5]

Yes, get those "DEBUG" statements out of the inside of your loop, they take about a millisecond per character.

If you really MUST send that data, use "SEROUT 16" and select a faster baud rate, and send only what you need to send.

[erickejah]

Thanks for your information, it is probably the bluetooth device and the handshaking protocol with the computer. But yeah I will probably change the debug statements to SEROUT 16. Ill update you with my findings.

[erickejah]

yeah!!! now i got 380ms :) i used the serout direct link with a baud rate of 38400. values in www.parallax.com/dl/docs/cols/nv/vol1/col/nv16.pdf (http://www.parallax.com/dl/docs/cols/nv/vol1/col/nv16.pdf) page#4



' ================================================== =======================
'
' File....... Axial and Reference Voltage
' Purpose.... Hitachi H48C 3-Axis Accelerometer (x6) Information gathering for LabVIEW
' Author..... Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Hot-n-Ready, Inc.
' E-mail..... Erick.Andino@gmail.com
' Started.... 02/17/10
'
' {$STAMP BS2}
' {$PBASIC 2.5}
'
' ================================================== =======================


' -----[ Program Description ]---------------------------------------------
'
' This program communicates with the accelerometer to gather information.
'
' -----[ I/O Definitions ]-------------------------------------------------

Dio PIN 15 ' data to/from module
Clk PIN 14 ' clock output

' -----[ Constants ]-------------------------------------------------------

XAxis CON 0 ' adc channels
YAxis CON 1
ZAxis CON 2
VRef CON 3

' -----[ Variables ]-------------------------------------------------------

ax VAR Nib ' axis selection
rvCount VAR Word ' ref voltage adc counts
axCount VAR Word ' axis voltage adc counts
cs VAR Word
' -----[ Initialization ]--------------------------------------------------

DEBUG "con 00:0C:84:00:05:29",CR 'COM adress
'WAIT 5000 'Wait so the BlueTooth handshakes with PC

' -----[ Program Code ]----------------------------------------------------

Main:

SEROUT 16,16390, ["S"] 'Start character
FOR cs = 8 TO 13
FOR ax = XAxis TO ZAxis ' loop through each axis
'Reset:
HIGH cs ' deselect module
'Get_H48C ' read vRef & axis counts
LOW cs
SHIFTOUT Dio, Clk, MSBFIRST, [%11\2, VRef\3] ' select vref register
SHIFTIN Dio, Clk, MSBPOST, [rvCount\13] ' read ref voltage counts
HIGH cs
'PAUSE 1
LOW cs
SHIFTOUT Dio, Clk, MSBFIRST, [%11\2, ax\3] ' select axis
SHIFTIN Dio, Clk, MSBPOST, [axCount\13] ' read axis voltage counts
HIGH cs
'------------

IF (ax = 0) THEN 'DEBUG axis
SEROUT 16, 16390, ["x"]
ELSEIF (ax = 1) THEN
SEROUT 16, 16390, ["y"]
ELSEIF (ax = 2) THEN
SEROUT 16, 16390, ["z"]
ENDIF
'------------
SEROUT 16, 16390,["r"]
SEROUT 16, 16390,[DEC5 rvCount] 'DEBUG vRef count
SEROUT 16, 16390,["a"]
SEROUT 16, 16390,[DEC5 axCount] 'DEBUG vAxial count
NEXT
NEXT

GOTO Main

Post Edited (erickejah) : 4/9/2010 2:19:42 PM GMT